Roofing structure



June 5, 1928.

J. F. STUCKERT ROOFING STRUCTURE :s Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 25, 1927INVENT ud:

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June 5, 1928.

J.,F. STUCKERT ROOFING STRUCTURE Filed July 25, 1927 a Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR:

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Patented June 5, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOHN F. STUCKERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROOFING STRUCTURE. 7

Application filed July 25,

In the supporting of corrugated slabs, forming a roof structure,considerable difiiculty has in the past been experienced along the eavesof a building. Corrugated slabs,

whether of glass or other material, are not uniform in character, sothat it has been the practice to employ concrete along the eaves, inwhich concrete, while soft, the unevenness of the slabs may be takencare of by embedding the slabs therein. It has been the general practiceto support the concrete upon fiat wooden strips. In time the woodenstrips rot or the concrete breaks away from the wooden strips, thuspermitting rain, 5 snow, sleet, or the like to penetrate beneath thecorrugated slabs and gain access to the building interior. A furtherdisadvantage is that wind penetrates the cracks formed and causes damageto the roof itself from be- 2 neath. Further, it is very difficult tomake repairs. i

The leading object of the present invention may be said to reside, inthe provision of a novel structure for overcoming the above 2 describeddisadvantageous features.

A further object resides in the provision of a metallic gutter supportedby the walls of a building and formingthe eaves of a building, whichgutter is so arranged and 3 constructed that. the concrete fill employedis securely retained in place and forms a substantial support forcorrugated roofing slabs.

A further object of the present invention may be said to reside in theprovision of a gutter of channel iron forming the eaves of a building toreceive concrete, the gutter being provided with integral side walls sothat the concrete fill is retained against endwise movement, or in otherwords, in the direction of the slant of the roof.

Still another object of the present invention is to extend from my noveleaves construction to the ridge pole of a building a concrete rib toreceive and have anchored therein the ends of adjacent roofing slabs.

A still further object of the present inven tion is to provide a ridgepole of concrete supported upon a gutter of channel iron.

Other and further objects of the present invention reside in theprovision of general details of construction and in the arrangement,combination and connection of parts for attaining the results sought bythe foregoing objects.

The nature, characteristic features and 1927. Serial No. 208,164.

Fig. 1, is a fragmentary view of a roofing I structure, principally insection.

Fig. 2, is a view in section taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. '1.

Fig. 3, is a view in section taken upon the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4, is a fragmentary view in perspective of across drain.

Fig. 5, is a view in perspective of one of the main drains.

Fig. 6, is a fragmentary view in section illustrating a modified form ofmy novel. eaves as shown at the left hand side of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7, is a similar view of a further modified form.

Fig. 8, is a similar view of a. still further modified form.

Fig. 9, is a fragmentary view in section illustrating a modified form ofthe cross-beam ipnstruction shown at the central part of the Fig. 10, isa fragmentary view in section,

illustrating a modified form of the concrete rib shown in'Fig. 3.

Fig. 11, is a similar view illustrating a further modified form.

Fig. 12, is a fragmentary view in section illustrating a still furthermodified form.

Fig. 13, is a view'illustrating a still further modified form.

'Fig. 14, is a fragmentary view in section illustrating 'a modified'form of concrete ridge pole parts.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in theaccompanying drawings several forms thereof which are at presentpreferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood thatthe various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can bevariously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited tothe precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, and with particular referenceto Fig. 1, the reference numeral 1 designates the side wall of abuilding, 2 designates the ridge pole, and 3 designates the roof. Theroof is made up of a plurality of corrugated slabs which may be ofglass, metal, asbestos, or other suitable material and which, forillustrative purposes, are shown in Fig. 1 as being made of glass, saidslabs being designated 1. These slabs overlap at their meeting ends, thelower end of an upper slab overlapping the upper end of a lower slab. Adescription will now be given of means for supporting these slabs.Supported by the wall 1 is a metal gutter 5, preferably of channel iron,although sheet metal-may be used, said gutter being carried by an angleplate 6. This gutter 5 forms the being higher than the other plate.

eaves of a building and infact is a guttershaped metal eaves-piece.Spaced from eaves-piece 5 is a cross-beam 7. This crossbeam 7, however,is not of gutter-shape or channel iron formation-but consists of spacedplates 7 and 7 bolted together at 8,.plate 7' The lower of the slabs 4:rest at their upper ends upon plate 7 0f the cross beam 7 and the lowerends of said slabs l rest upon the concrete fill 9intheeaves-piece 5. Atsuitable intervals, ribsJlO of concrete are formed .which extend fromthe eaves-piece to the ridge pole or in other words along the pitch ofthe roof. The opposed inner ends of the slabs 4 are embedded in theseconcrete ribs,

"see Figs-2 and 3. A cover plate 11 is pro vided for each rib 10.Immediately below and paralleling arib is a plate 12 which serves tosupport theopposed inner ends of the glass slabs 4t and also serves toreceive the concrete as poured in the formation of theribs 10. Extendedthrough a cover 11, a rib 10,;and a plate 12, is a bolt 13 provided withnuts lt for clamping the cover plate 11, and plate 12 in place. Thelower end of the bolt serves to support a :mainconduit or drain fordraining water, the drain being designated 15. A nut 16 upon bolt 13 isemployed for clamping the. drain parts with respect to a cross-beam.These drains overlap, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and are adjustableen'dwise. A lowermost drain'15 is provided with a notch 17 for engaginga fixed stud 18, and the opposite end of the drain may be provided witha depending flange 18 notched at 19, whereby the flanged part may bebolted, as at 20, .to a support 21. The gutter forms no salient part ofthe present invention, and is shown for the purpose of illustrating acomplete roof. The

plate 6, previously describedassupporting the eaves-piece 5, is providedwith an openmg 21 to perm1t the passage of water from the lower end ofthe drain 15. At that part of the roof where the lower ends of the nextseries of slabs 4E overlap the upper ends of the first series of slabs,concrete 9." is inter- 15. Since these bolts are similar to thosepreviously referred to and to others to be referred to, the samereference characters refer to all. Forsuppor-ting the upper ends of thesecond series of slabs l I employ a channel iron 5 which I fill withconcrete 5". The overlapping edges of the second and third series ofslabs 1 are secured by this concrete. At this point it may be desirableto arrange a cross drain 22, see Fig. 41. This drain 22 is useful incollecting water and directing the same to a main drain 15., The crossdrain 22 is apertured at 23 to direct water to a drain 15. The crossdrain forms a convenient place for the support of bracket 21 to which adrain part is secured. As many series of slabs 4. as desired may beemployed, and they may be of any length and any width, according to theroof being constructed. A further description, therefore, ofoverlappingslab parts is thought to be unnecessary. The uppermost of theslabs l engage with the ridgepole 2. The ridge-pole I make of concrete 2which iscsupported upon a cross-beam 24, which cross-beam is ofchannel-iron construction, see Fig. 1. Passing vertically through theconcrete of the ridge pole are still other bolts 13 for supporting thedrain parts 15. The upper ends of the uppermost slabs 4 are embedded inthe concrete 2" of the ridge pole, as clear .ly shown in Fig. 1. It isthus seen that the upper slabs of the roof are embedded in concrete 2";that the overlapping parts of the roof abut against concrete 9 and 5;that the lowermost of. the slabs are supported by concrete 9; and thatviewed from another direction the-opposed edges of the slabs areeinbedded in the. concrete of ribs 10. Thus, tightjoints may be providedin a lasting manner and at relatively small expense when the lastingqualities of the structure are considered. Bolts 13 are used to clampthe slabs 1 and eaves-piece to place.

Referring now. to Figs. 6, 7, and 8, there are shown certain modifiedforms of eaves- ,pieces. for the support of the lower of the slabs a. InFig; 6, the eaves piece 25' is formed integral with the plate 26, whichplate 26 in turn is secured as at 27 to the side wall 1. The concrete 9is filled in upon this eaves-piece 25 and bolts 13 used as described inthe foregoing arrangement of parts. In Fig.7, the eavesrpiece 27 isshown as being of channel iron formation and is-secured as at28 to plate29 which latter is supported upon the side wall 1, otherwise theconstruction is the same as that seen in Fig. 6. Referring now to Fig.8, the eaves-piece 30 issupported upon a Z-bracket .31- which latter issupported upon theside wall 1. Bolts 13 previously vde'scribedare usedto secure the eaves-piece 30 upon the uppermost arm of the Z-bracket 31.In this particular case I may support the water IOU drain 15,.trom theeavespiece by means of a strap 32 hooked at one end over one of theflanges of the channel iron and being riveted as at 33 at its other endto the drain 15.

Referring now to Fig. 9, a slightly modified form or root construction.adjacent the cross-beam 5 is provided. Embedded in the concrete 5 of thebeam is a strap 34 the innor end of which is bent, as at 35, around theconcrete fill, and the opposite end of which is bent upwardly at 36 andinwardly at 37 to engage around the lower end of a slab 4, and thusprevent said slab from shifting or sliding downwardly with respect tothe cross-beam.

Referring); now to Fig. 10, there is shown a modified form of ribconstruction. The concrete rib in this case is designated 38 and hasembedded therein the opposed. ends of the slabs 4, as in the previouslydescribed construction. The concrete is supported upon the'plate 12which in turn is supported @upon the cross-beam 7, as previouslydescribed with respect to 1. Thesides of the rib 38 are provided withplates 39. These plates 39 are secured firmly against the side walls ofthe rib 38 by means of a bolt 41, which bolt passes horizontally throughthe rib 38. A cover plate 42 is provided for rib 38 and is held in placeby means of a spring plate 43 which impinges down upon the cover plateand is held in this position by means of bolts 13.

Referring now to Fig. 11, there is disclosed a further modified form ofrib construction, the rib in this case being designated 44 and beingformed of concrete as in the other cases. This rib is also provided withside plates, but these side plates are of right angle construction andare designated 45. These right angle plates are secured in aluittingposition against the side walls of the rib 44 by means of bolts 41, asreferred to in Fig. 10. The opposed ends of slabs 4 are embedded in theconcrete rib 44 and have their inner ends secured together by means of astrap 46, the ends of which strap are secured as at 47 to the inner endsof the slabs 4. Bolts 13 employed for securing the rib with respect tothe cross-beam 7 are the same type of bolts as shown in Figs. 1 to 10.This rib 44 is provided with a cover plate 48, the bolt 13 beingemployed to secure the cover plate in position.

Takin u) now Fi 12 the slabs are designated 48 and for illustrativepurposes instead of being of glass are of metal. The concrete rib isdesignated 49 and the opposed ends of the metal slabs are embodied inthe concrete forming the rib. The inner ends of the slabs are aperturedas at 50. Connecting the inner ends of the. embedded metal slabs is astrap 51 the ends of which penetrate the apertures of the slabs and arethen bent downwardly as at 52 to interlock the slabs. Instead ofemploying plate 12 as used in the foregoing instances, I employ a pieceof channel iron 53 which is arranged upon the cross-bea1n 7 forsupporting the rib 49. I make use of a duplicate piece of channel ironfor a cover plate 54. The two pieces of channel iron are secured inposition by means of the bolts 13.

Referring to Fig. 13, the slabs 55 are of glass, but instead of beingcurved upwardly at their inner ends, as those previously shown anddescribed, these slabs are curved downwardly at their inner ends andrest upon a plate 56, which in turn is support-ed upon the previouslyshown and described plate 12, the latter being supported upon thecrossbeam 7. The rib is designated 57 and is concrete as in thepreviously described ribs, although the concrete does not extend belowthe inner ends of the slabs. The rib 57 is provided with a cover plate58 which is of integral structure having depending parts 58 which coverthe side walls'of the rib. The depending parts 58 are clamped firmlyagainst the side walls of the rib by means of bolts 41, previouslyreferred to.

Referring now to Fig. 14, a modified form of ridge pole construction isshown and is designated 2, as in Fig. 1. This ridge pole is made ofconcrete 2 andv is provided with a cover plate 2' as previouslydescribed.

The member 24 of channel iron for sup-v porting the concrete is alsopresent, as are the bolts 13, previously described, for securing thecover plate with respect to the channel member 24, and also to anchorthe parts about to be described. The reference numeral 59 designatesroof slabs, for ex ample of glass, supported upon members 60, usually ofmetal, which members may be continuous at the ridge pole and extendentirely through the ridge pole, as clearly seen in Fig. 14. Acoverplate 61, also of metal, is provided which like the member 60 iscontinuous and. extends entirely through the ridge pole. The cover-plateand support 60 as well as the channel member 24 and the cover-plate 2are all secured by means of the bolts 13. The fill of concrete 25' whichgoes to make up the ridge pole extends between the cover -plate andsupport 60 and serves to further anchor the slab ends in position. It isof course understood that when. the glass or other slabs are positionedupon a roof the initial set of the concrete has not taken place, so thatthe slabs can be forced down into the concrete to take care ofirregularity of slab parts.

From the above described arrangement, construction and combination ofparts, it is apparent that many advantages reside, chief among which maybe mentioned that wind, rain, sleet and the like cannot penetratebeneath the root proper because the eavespiece, being of metal withflanged sides and containing a fill of concrete, forms a permanentstructure, thus precluding the possibility of rotting away or otherwiseproviding leakage places. Another advantage is that by providinggutter-like eaves-pieces means is provided to prevent the concrete filltherein from moving endwise, or in other words, in the direction of theslant of the roof. Another advantage is that the ridge pole being, ofconcrete and supported upon a channel iron gutter provides a veryefiicient arrangement in which the corrugated slabs may be secured.Still another advantage is the provision of the concrete rib in whichmay be embedded the opposed ends of the roof slabs.

It will now he apparent that I have de vised a novel and usefulconstruction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the in vention and the above descriptionand while I have in the present instance shown and described thepreferred embodiments thereof which have been found in practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the sameare susceptible of modification in various particulars Without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a roofing structure, a supporting wall, a gutter-shaped metaleaves-piece carried by said wall, a fill of concrete within saideaves-piece, corrugated roof slabs the lower ends of which arepositioned upon said. eaves-piece before initial set of the concretetakes place and a water conduit supported beneath said slabs, andreaching to the eaves structure, the latter being provided with a watervent.

2. In a roofing structure, a supporting wall, a gutter-shapedmetaleaves-piece carried by said wall, a fill of concrete within saideaves-piece, corrugated roof slabs the lower ends of which arepositioned upon said eaves-piece before initial set of the concretetakes place,bolts passing through said slabs, concrete and eaves-piecefor clamping said slabs to place and a water conduit sup ported beneathsaid slabs, and reaching to the eaves structure, the latter beingprovided with a water vent.

3.111 a roofing structure, a supporting wall, a. gutter-shaped metaleaves-piececarried by said wall, a fill of concrete within saideaves-piece, corrugated roof slabs the lower ends of which arepositioned upon said eaves-piece before initialset of the concrete takesplace. ribs of concrete following the pitch of the roof in whichribs theopposed ends of said slabs are embedded and a water conduit supportedbeneath said slabs, and reaching to the eaves structure, the latterbeing provided with a water vent.

l. In a roofing structure, a supporting wall, an eaves-piece of channel.iron carried by said wall, a fill of concrete within said channel iron,corrugated roof slabs positioned upon said channel iron before initialset of the concrete takes place, and a water conduit supported beneathsaid slabsand leading to the eaves structure, the latter being providedwith a water vent.

5. In a roofing structure, cross-beams, a channel iron supported thereonand extending in the direction of the pitch of the roof, a fill ofconcrete for said channel. iron to form a rib, and corrugated slabssupported by said cross-beams in overlapping position with the laterallyextended edges thereof embedded in said rib and a water conduitsupported beneath said slabs, andreaching .to the eaves structure, thelatter being pro vided with a water vent.

6. In a roofing structure, cross-beams, a channel iron supported thereonand extending in the direction of the pitch of the roof, a fill ofconcrete for said channel iron to form a rib, corrugated slabs supportedby said cross-beams in overlapping position with the laterally extendededges thereof embedded in said rib, a cover plate for said rib, and abolt passing through said rib for clamping the top of the cover plateand channel iron to said rib and a water conduit supported beneath saidslabs, and reaching to the eaves structure, the latter being providedwith a water vent.

7. In a roofing structure, cross-beams, a channel iron supported thereonand extending in the direction of the pitch of the roof, a fill ofconcrete for said channel iron to form a rib, corrugated slabs supportedby said cross-beams in overlapping position with the laterally extendededges thereof embedded insaid rib, a cover plate for said rib, a boltpassing through said rib for clamping the top of the cover plate andchannel iron to said rib, and other bolts passing through said rib forholding the cover plate sides in abutting position with the side wallsof the rib and a water conduit supported beneath said slabs, andreaching to the eaves structure, the latter being provided with a watervent.

JOHN F. STUCKERT.

